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_aCampbell, Donald, _d1751-1804 |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | _aA journey over land to India |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2024-10-11 | ||
| 508 | _aPeter Becker, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"A Journey Over Land to India" by Donald Campbell is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The narrative unfolds through a series of letters to Campbell's son, detailing his travels and experiences while making a journey from Europe to India, including his shipwreck, imprisonment by Hyder Ali, and subsequent transactions in the East. The book likely explores themes of adventure, survival, and the complexities of intercultural exchanges during a tumultuous period of colonial expansion. At the start of the journey, Campbell reflects on his motivations for undertaking this arduous trek, prompted by personal and financial difficulties following the death of his children and a lack of support from his father. The opening letters reveal his emotional state as he embarks on the journey from London, filled with foreboding yet accompanied by a fellow traveler, General Lockhart. His depiction of various locales, like Ostend and Bruges, sets the stage for a rich commentary on the political and cultural landscapes of the places he traverses, while also emphasizing the importance of education and moral reflection as he documents his adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Cullen, 1795 |
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| 653 | _aVoyages and travels -- Early works to 1800 | ||
| 653 | _aAdventure and adventurers -- Early works to 1800 | ||
| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/journeyoverlandt00camp | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74558 |
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